Recently Completed Public Works Projects
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Completed in 2025
East Fourth Plain Boulevard Safety and Mobility Upgrades, F Street to Fort Vancouver Way
Project details: We completed safety and mobility upgrades along Fourth Plain Boulevard from just west of F Street to Fort Vancouver Way. Project elements included bus platforms, lane reconfiguration to add a two-way bike cycle track with a buffer between car travel lanes and signals for bike and pedestrian safety.
Project timeline: October 2024 through summer 2025
Southeast First Street Improvement Project
Project details: We upgraded Southeast First Street, from Southeast 177th Avenue to 192nd Avenue, to an urban street system. Street improvements included pavement widening, sidewalks, curbs, bike facilities, streetlights, stormwater drainage, and street resurfacing, striping and signage.
Project timeline: May 2024 through summer 2025
West Fourth Plain Boulevard Water Main Project
Project details: We installed a new water main pipe on West Fourth Plain Boulevard, from west of Fruit Valley Road to Lincoln Avenue, to help improve our existing distribution system. We excavated a trench in the street, installed a new water main and filled in the trench.
Project timeline: April through summer 2025
Pearson Pump Station Upgrades
Project details: We improved the existing wastewater pump station at the Pearson Field Airport site.
Project timeline: Spring through fall 2025
2024 Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program
Project details: We installed speed cushions, signing and striping, and made necessary asphalt improvements in neighborhoods across the City as a part of the Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program.
Project timeline: Mid August through the end of August 2025
Northeast Fourth Plain and Andresen Intersection Improvements
Project details: We improved the intersection at Northeast Fourth Plain Boulevard and Northeast Andresen Road. We extended the right turn lane for motorists heading southbound on Andresen Road. The lane extension allows more vehicles to safely get into the right lane and wait until they can turn westbound.
Project timeline: Late March through summer 2025
Fircrest Neighborhood Utility and Pavement Project
Project details: We replaced aging water and sewer lines in the Fircrest neighborhood. Construction occurred along Northeast 112th Avenue, Northeast 9th Street, Northeast 16th Street and into the western portion of LeRoy Haagen Memorial Park. Pavement resurfacing and new street striping elements followed utility work.
Project timeline: May 2024 through early 2025
Completed in 2024
Storm Main Repair on Northeast 22nd Avenue
Project details: We repaired an existing storm main along Northeast 22nd Avenue from Northeast 49th Street to Northeast 51st Street.
Project timeline: November through December 2024
Southside Interceptor Sewer Relining Project
Project details: We rehabilitated an interceptor on Fifth Street and in downtown Vancouver. This project helped continue our efforts to proactively rehabilitate aging sewer infrastructure.
Project timeline: September through November 2024
E-Interceptor Sewer Lining Project
Project details: We rehabilitated a large-diameter, interceptor sewer pipe near the eastern end of Southeast Columbia Way. The pipe had been in service for over 50 years. This project helped continue our efforts to proactively rehabilitate aging sewer infrastructure.
Project timeline: August 2024 through November 2024
Water Station 1 Well Drilling Project
Project details: We drilled two new replacement wells at Water Station 1 to help meet our current and future water needs.
Project timeline: August through November 2024
Daniels Water Main Work
Project details: We installed a new water main line in Northwest Daniels Street, from West 34th Street to West 39th Street.
Project timeline: September through October 2024
East Mill Plain Infiltration, near SE 184th Ave
Project details: We installed perforated storm pipe and manholes to infiltrate stormwater on Southeast Mill Plain Boulevard, near Southeast 184th Avenue.
Project timeline: September through October 2024
Northeast 49th Street Pedestrian Safety Improvements
Project details: We installed new ADA-compliant curb ramps on the north side of Northeast 49th Street, from between 124th Court and 126th Avenue. We enhanced pedestrian safety and overall mobility by adding a pedestrian pathway and bike lanes.
Project timeline: July through September 2024
Northwest Franklin Street and Northwest 52nd Street Pedestrian Safety Improvements
Project details: We enhanced the existing raised crosswalk on Franklin Street. Project improvements included additional lighting, striping and signage. At the northeast corner of Franklin and 52nd Street, we installed two new ADA-compliant curb ramps. We constructed new curbs and sidewalk.
Project timeline: July through September 2024
East Mill Plain Boulevard Mobility Improvements
Project details: We improved mobility on East Mill Plain Boulevard between Brandt Road and MacArthur Boulevard. We applied a fog seal and installed pavement markings. On each side of Mill Plain Boulevard, we installed new five-foot bike/mobility lanes with three-foot buffer zones to separate these areas from vehicles. Elements included new bike symbols on the street and five-foot-wide green bike crosswalks at intersections.
Project timeline: August through September 2024
2023 Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program
Project details: We installed speed cushions, signing and striping, and made asphalt improvements on Northeast 72nd Avenue, from Northeast 63rd Street to Northeast 78th Street, and Northeast 39th Street, from Northeast 137th Avenue to Northeast 162nd Avenue in neighborhoods across the City as part of the Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program.
Project timeline: Summer 2024
Blandford Basins Stormwater Project
Project details: We received a $3 million Washington Department of Ecology Water Quality grant to improve stormwater runoff in the Blandford Basins. We installed new stormwater utilities in the Southcliff and Dubois neighborhoods.
Project timeline: April through summer 2024
Mill Plain Boulevard Stormwater Improvements
Project details: We installed stormwater treatment filters, manholes and storm sewer pipe on Mill Plain Boulevard from Southeast 139th Avenue to Southeast 164th Avenue.
Project timeline: July through November 2024
Fourth Plain Boulevard Water and Sewer Improvements
Project details: We improved water and sewer infrastructure along West Fourth Plain Boulevard from Lincoln Avenue to Main Street.
Project timeline: December 2023 through May 2024
Completed in 2023
Water Utility Construction East Mill Plain Boulevard
Project details: We installed a new water valve along East Mill Plain Boulevard, near NE 82nd Avenue.
Project timeline: October 2023
Water Main Improvement Project on Northeast 39th Street and 44th Avenue
Project details: We installed a new water main line on Northeast 39th Street and Northeast 44th Avenue.
Project timeline: November through December 2023